Aulocera magica

Aulocera magica is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the browns family (Nymphalidae). It is endemic to western China and Tibet. The species was first described by Charles Oberthur in 1886.

Aulocera magica
Aulocera magica in Seitz (41c)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Aulocera
Species:
A. magica
Binomial name
Aulocera magica
(Oberthür, 1886) [1]

Description from Seitz
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

S. magica Oberth. (41 c). Similar to the preceding Aulocera merlina, but there is a white longitudinal stripe in the cell of both wings on the underside. In the nymotypical form only the cell-stripe of the hindwing appears also above, while ab. lativitta Leech (41c) has a white cell-stripe also on the upperside of the forewing, the upperside of the hindwing being quite white, except the broad black distal margin. — In western China (at Wa-shan and Ta-tsien-lu) and in Tibet, rare, in June and July.[2]

References
  1. Oberthür, 1886 Espèces Nouvelles de Lépidoptères du Thibet / Nouveaux Lépidoptères du Thibet Études d'Entomologie 11: 13-38, pl. 1-7
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 figuren) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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